Susan Lynn Swanson, age 73 of Sun City, passed away Friday, November 8, 2019. She was born to Walton S. Reid and Lillian E. Doelfs on March 5, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA. She grew up in Des Plaines, IL, where she met and married her high school sweetheart and husband of 54 years, Joseph “Joe” Swanson. Susan and Joe relocated to Glendale, AZ, with their three children in 1976, where they resided until 2018 when they sold their home and moved to Sun City, AZ.
Susan was a unit secretary and nursing assistant at Phoenix Baptist Hospital for 22 years and caretaker to many friends and family over the years. In retirement, she volunteered in the nurse’s office for the Loreto Sisters of St. Simon and Jude School and Cathedral. Susan treasured her faith, attending mass at SSJ for many years, where she was a Mary Ward Associate.
Susan’s passion for gardening and the outdoors was only surpassed by her love for her husband, Joe; her children, Inger Spaulding of Phoenix, AZ, Timothy Swanson of Odessa, FL, and Jason Swanson of Hermosa Beach, CA; and her greatest joys in life, five grandchildren, Nathan Spaulding of Phoenix, AZ, Olivia Swanson of Odessa, FL, and Gavin, Jules and Magnus Swanson of Hermosa Beach, CA. Susan is also survived by son-in-law, Arthur “Sam” Spaulding; daughters-in-law, Karla Swanson and Rachel Slayback; sister, Janet Vail; brother, Gerald Reid; and many other loving relatives and friends.
A funeral mass and reception celebrating Susan’s life will be held on Friday, December 13, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., St. Simon and Jude Cathedral, 6421 N. 27th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. Memorial donations are appreciated and may be made to either the Mayo Clinic, Arizona Campus, (855) 852-8129 toll free or www.mayoclinic.org, or Midwestern University’s Health Outreach through Medicine and Education “HOME” program, 623-572-3286 or www.midwestern.edu/give.xml.
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